Homelessness & Housing

“The idea of letting this opportunity go to waste when it is there right now is unconscionable, in my opinion,” said Jessica Radbord, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont.

As the state’s expanded program for winter emergency housing ends Wednesday, Fred and Lisa Allard confront the challenge of living in their Jeep.

The district owns land in Shelburne that it says could support up to 600 units, including workforce housing. The proposal is still in the very early stages.

Vermont Gas Systems and Champlain Housing Trust want to pilot geothermal as a way to keep heating costs stable for people living in affordable housing.

Perry Thornley, 61, was found unresponsive in Battery Park in January. Exposure to the cold caused his death, according to an autopsy released Wednesday.

Demonstrators contended that the law’s conservation aims amount to an infringement on property rights in rural areas of Vermont.

The Windham & Windsor Housing Trust is ending its housing first project, which gave people trying to exit homelessness social service supports. The group says the program was losing too much money.

Rick and Mark Bove have shuffled through multiple plans for the 300 Main Street site, which attracted public concern because it was home to refugees and low-income families. The brothers now say they’ll soon begin a full renovation of the property, without adding units.

With a key legislative deadline looming, lawmakers raced to get key policy bills out of committees this week.

The Vermont state treasurer's 10% in VT program will provide $4 million in low-interest loans for a 28-unit housing development at the former Austine School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Brattleboro.